Chocolate-Peanut Butter Pie

From: Martha Stewart

In this diner-style delight, a chocolate-wafer crust anchors a silky-smooth peanut butter and whipped cream filling. Drizzles of melted chocolate and peanut butter decorate the surface.


Servings: 8
Yield: Makes one 9-inch pie

Ingredients

Crust

• 36 chocolate wafer cookies (8 ounces), broken into pieces, or 1 3/4 cups wafer-cookie crumbs
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 3 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 1 pinch kosher salt

Filling

• 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 1/4 cups smooth peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 cups heavy cream

Garnish

• 1-ounce semisweet chocolate (preferably 55 percent cacao), finely chopped
• 2 tablespoons smooth peanut butter

Directions

Step 1

Crust: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor, pulse wafers until finely ground. In a bowl, combine wafer crumbs, butter, brown sugar, and salt. Press mixture firmly into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch pie plate. Refrigerate until firm, about 15 minutes. Bake until set, 8 to 10 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack.

Step 2

Filling: With an electric mixer on medium speed, beat cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and salt until fluffy. Beat in peanut butter and vanilla.

Step 3

In a chilled bowl, beat cream until soft peaks form. Whisk one-third of whipped cream into peanut butter mixture, then gently fold in remaining whipped cream. Spoon filling into cooled crust. Freeze, uncovered, 4 hours (or up to 1 day, covered with plastic wrap).

Step 4

Garnish: Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of simmering water. (Alternatively, you can melt it in the microwave.) Transfer melted chocolate to a resealable plastic bag. Snip tip from one corner of the bag to make a very small opening. Holding bag about 5 inches above pie, drizzle melted chocolate over top. In a small saucepan over low heat (or in the microwave), melt peanut butter. Place in a resealable plastic bag; snip the corner, and drizzle in the same manner as melted chocolate. Let pie stand 10 minutes before slicing.